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Baldwin OโBryan beats bushfires
Baldwin OโBryan Architects, a small architecture practice in Australia, has designed stabilised compressed earth blocks to combat natural...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 30, 20201 min read
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NYC's roofs are getting a sustainable makeover
It's been two months since New York's Sustainable Roof Laws, part of the Climate Mobilization Act, took effect. Now architects and...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 28, 20207 min read
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Hundreds of red plastic crates are repurposed into a public mosque in Indonesia
One green-thinking firm, Parisauli Arsitek Studio, has managed to find a way of giving new life to hundreds of discarded plastic crates....

Deen Gabriel
Jan 23, 20202 min read
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Huge West Coast wind farm approved
The government has approved in principle the huge Boulders wind farm project on the West Coast peninsula near Paternoster, St Helena Bay...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 23, 20204 min read
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8 beautiful homes you won't believe are made out of shipping containers
Zack and Brie Smithey's 3,100-square-foot home looks like a Tudor mansion. The home is made of eight containers, and it features three...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 21, 20203 min read
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These Researchers Want You to Live In a Fungus Megastructure
Imagine that you roll out of bed onto a living fungus floor. The walls and ceiling โ heck, the whole apartment building, down to the...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 20, 20203 min read
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Ciel, the World's Tallest Hotel is Under Construction in Dubai Marina
Set to become the worldโs tallest hotel upon its completion, Ciel is a high-rise currently under development in Dubai Marina. Designed by...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 17, 20202 min read
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Panels that pull water out of thin air could address shortage issues
Last week at CES, the startup Zero Mass Water introduced a water-as-a-service model that could sustainably quench the thirst of...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 16, 20201 min read
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Scientists invent 'living concrete' using sand, gel and bacteria
Environmentally friendly 'living concrete' has been developed by scientists mixing sand, gel and bacteria to create a building material...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 16, 20203 min read
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Singer Akon has finalized plans to build a 2,000-acre city in Senegal that's powered by his cryptocu
Singer Akon is hoping for another hit with his self-named Senegalese city and accompanying cryptocurrency, Akoin. On Monday, the singer...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 16, 20202 min read
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The low-impact Bridge House hovers over a stream in Los Angeles
Architecture is often heavily influenced by the existing landscape surrounding a structure, but architect Dan Brunn didnโt let the...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 16, 20202 min read
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Why home maintenance is so important and seasonal checks you must do
The cost of homeownership doesnโt end with the buying price - home maintenance must be included in any annual budget. Mike Greeff CEO of...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 15, 20203 min read
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A nearly century-old Copenhagen school gets an eco-friendly makeover
Danish architectural practice JJW Architects has used recycled bricks and Cradle-to-Cradle certified mortar to renovate Copenhagenโs...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 15, 20202 min read
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Builders Are Swapping Cement for Hemp to Reduce Pollution
The hemp fields sprouting in a part of Canada best known for its giant oil patch show how climate change is disrupting the construction...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 14, 20203 min read
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The case for ... never demolishing another building
The construction industry is wasteful and creates huge CO2 emissions. But what if new buildings had to be adapted and resused or built...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 14, 20206 min read
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Zaha Hadid Architects wins approval for world's first all-timber stadium
Zaha Hadid Architectsย has won planning permission for the world's first wooden football stadium, which will be built in Gloucestershire,...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 13, 20202 min read
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How Architecture Responded to Climate Change in 2019
Throughout the last 12 months, the architectural community has responded in various ways to the Climate Emergency. From innovative...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 10, 20202 min read
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Top 10 tips for building your dream home
1. Do your sums Before you embark on any building project, be it an alteration or a complete new build, you must ensure you have...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 10, 20204 min read
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Lush Sky Green towers are the first of their kind in Taichung
Taichung, Taiwan has taken yet another step toward becoming a greener, more livable city with the recent completion of Sky Green, a...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 9, 20202 min read
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United Arab Emirates-based design practice MEAN* (Middle East Architecture Network) has proposed a s
United Arab Emirates-based design practice MEAN* (Middle East Architecture Network) has proposed a sculptural 3D-printed pavilion for a...

Deen Gabriel
Jan 7, 20201 min read
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